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d'Yquem 1990

Château d'Yquem, Bordeaux, Ranska

Château d'Yquem
Bordeaux Ranska
  • 97
    Pistettä
  • The 680 best of the all Tb wines
  • 22 tasters of 23 recommend this wine
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    577

  • Tuottajan sijoitus ?

    33

  • Dekantointi Aika

    3h

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    now to 2040

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The Story

The pleasure derived from tasting Yquem is difficult to describe.

It offers a myriad of well-balanced, complex flavours that generate even more harmonies over time. The impression that remains is reminiscent of a quote from Frédéric Dard "the silence that follows a piece by Mozart, in which the listener remains suffused with the music". This reflects the fact that Château d'Yquem stays on the palate for a remarkable long time, providing a u...

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Wine Information

A vintage that reflects a beautiful hot, dry summer that stopped short of anything excessive. Lasting from 17/9 to 10/10, the harvest was very intense – picking took place every day during that time, except on weekends. The weather was outstanding, the grapes were ideal, and this is an extraordinary, amazingly successful vintage – an archetypal great Yquem with tremendous balance, power, and finesse.

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Vuosikerta 1990

An early, even flowering, a warm but unspectacular summer and an exceptionally hot period during the end of August and the first half of September. It was this heat that made it possible for the record harvest to not only to fully ripen, but also to concentrate the fruit.  The harvest started on September 14 and was finished before heavy rains commenced on October 2. Another reason for the success of the vintage was that most châteaux had inve...

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Viinin keskihinta

2023 2020 2017 2015 2014 2012 2010 2005
345€ +10.9% 311€ +3.0% 302€ +1.0% 299€ -19.4% 371€ +1.4% 366€ -7.1% 394€ +41.7% 278€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Viiniarvio

color

Deep, Amber ja Bright

ending

Long, Lingering ja Spicy

flavors

Apricot, Vanilla, Waxy, Toasty, Honey ja Coffee

nose

Refined, Complex, Rich ja Intense

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Concentrated, Well-structured, Perfectly balanced, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Firm, Round, Harmonious ja Sweet

Loppupäätelmä

Well-rounded ja Sophisticated

Kirjoita arviosi

This wine has become a legend already at its youth. We have tasted this wine on several occasions. Each time it has been charming, although its greatness lies in its exquisite future potential. Bright deep golden colour. Very intense honeyed and botrytised nose still partly closed while giving seductive hints of its complexity. Marmalade and apricots are becoming more pronounced after breathing in the glass. Nose reveals several layers of aromas but not anything like what is to come. The lusciously sweet, honeyed taste is lightened up by the crisp acidity. Spicy vanilla tones from barrel maturation adds complexity to the wine. Very concentrated wine with a great length. This wine benefits from further ageing.

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  • 97p
We started with the classic quartet of 1990, 1989, 1988 and 1986. The 1990 Chateau d’Yquem had aromas of seawater, salt, honey, beeswax and candlewax in its nutty and creamy nose. It became more reticent with time in the glass, but its palate stayed honeyed, and it was ‘more textured’ than some of the others in the flight. Orange kisses blew gently over its finish. Interestingly enough, it seemed almost shut down after the 1989, but this was certainly a great Yquem with decades of potential (96).
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  • 96p

 This bottle was riveting. Bordering on perfection, the incredible blend of concentration, intensity, sweetness, vibrance, purity, length, and most importantly, its racy lift makes this one of life's great, sweet treats. Drink from 2023-2075.

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  • 99p

Deep rich brass colour. Big, unctuous and mellow with a lovely greenish tang of refreshment. Wonderful freshness on the finish keeps this potential monster from being monstrous. This was a relatively short vintage, the last in a trio of great Sauternes vintages. RS 120g/l.

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  • 95p

Golden. Apricots, rich, pineapples, vanilla, some caramel and burnt sugar. Fresh acidity, intense, layered, creamy, nuanced, detailed, rich, intense, spices, playful, superb balance, smoother and purer palate without the burnt caramel notes from the nose, superb. Drink over the next fifty years or so. My freshest bottle to date. 97

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  • 97p

‘Particular as a sunny and warm vintage. Not so much botrytis. Half ripe half botrytis. An older style. Aged for 3 years in barrel’.
Golden yellow tending bright orange with biscuit and toast bottle age. Seems initially less sweet – indeed there’s much of the ’05 in character here, complete with a little aldehyde. Banana, mandarin, preserved lemon. Really concentrated, sweet fruit. Like treacle, but it’s not sweet – just powerful fruit. Another wine that is more table wine than dessert style. Big and powerful finish. High quality and ultra-powerful but I see this as less classic. 18.5/20. 94/100.

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  • 94p
Tasted both from normal and magnum bottle. There was no significant difference between those two bottles regarding aroma, richness and taste. Light golden. Refined and deep in the nose with magnificently defined botrytis, sophisticated and refined on the palate with delicious sweetness, heather/rasp honey and lasting aftertaste. This wine is incredibly well put together and has incredibly promising future. Tasted again in September 2010 (normal bottle) with same impression.
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  • 97p
A clear, deep yellow colour. The nose offers intensive honey notes with a reductive elegance. The apricot and marmalade fruitiness will open in time. Stylish and layered. A sweet, freshly acidic and concentrated palate. Just now entering its prime drinkability, and will withstand another 10-20 years of bottle maturation. Decanted immediately before serving. Lasts 30 minutes in the glass. Decanted 2.5 hours. Lasts for several hours in the glass.
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  • 94p
Intense, golden yellow colour. Very concentrated nose is intense, honeyed, and complex. Sweet palate with vivid acidity, intense fruitiness – apricot and orange peel marmelade, vanilla, honey and lovely toastiness. Very intense and long lingering finish. Superb wine!
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  • 94p
Näytä lisää tasting noteseja

Tietoja

Alkuperä

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Vuosikerran laatu

Erinomainen

Hintansa arvoinen

Hyvä

Sijoituspotentiaali

Erittäin hyvä

Väärennösriski

Ei ole

Viinin kestävyys lasissa

2h
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